Countries
Norway
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Portuguese Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2923
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Ola
Thank You
takk
Grazas
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
god natt
Boas noites
Good Evening
god kveld
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Boa tarde
Good Morning
god morgen
Bos días
Please
Vær så snill
Por favor
Sorry
unnskyld
Síntoo!
Bye
ha det
Adeus
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Ámote
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
30,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Sogn
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
193
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
Galego
Alternative Names
Norsk
Galego, Gallego
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
galicien
German Name
Nynorsk
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Galician people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Galician
Language Position
1846
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
glg
ISO 639 2/B
nor
glg
ISO 639 3
nor
glg
ISO 639 6
nor
glg
Glottocode
norw1258
gali1258
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-